ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF(NG)
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
GOVERNMENT ON INDIA
NSSO (FOD), Hall No. 201 & 205, Vijay Stumbh,
Zone I, MaharanaPratap Nagar,
No. 3/GS/2013
Bhopal, 20/06/2013
To
The Hon’ble Prime Minister,
Government of India,
New Delhi
Sub: Upgradation of grade pay of LDC & UDC in the Administrative branch of Government of India Offices.
Respected Sir,
With due respect it is to bring to your kind notice that the
undersigned in the capacity as General Secretary of All India
Association of Ministerial Staff (Group C) under the Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation, had made an appeal to your
good office vide letter dated 16/04/2010(Enclosed in Annexure I) wherein
it was described how the 6th Pay Commission recommendations
disappointed the lakhs of LDC & UDC working in the Central
Government Offices. Our contention was that while the 6th Pay Commission
has recommended the merger of the various group D posts and upgraded
the grade pay from 1400 to 1800, for the LDCs, only a replacement grade
pay of Rs. 1900 i.e. just Rs. 100 above the MTS has been granted, even
after raising the academic and technical qualification to get selected
on the post. Moreover, all the pre-revised pay scales above UDC -from
Accountant to Assistant Administrative Officer- have been merged and
granted Rs. 4200 - 4600 grade pay. Thus the basic cadres who are
responsible for the smooth functioning of the Central Government
offices, especially in the subordinate offices, have ignored/neglected
by the Pay Commission as well as the Government.
Considering the gravity of the subject contained in it the aforesaid
appeal was forwarded to the Secretary, Department of Personal &
Training for action vide PMO ID No. 4/3/2010-PMP4/158890 dated
18/05/2010 (Copy enclosed in annexure II). When any action on the matter
has visibly been not taken by the DoPT till 2012, and having aggrieved
on the prolonged delay, follow up correspondences have been made as
follows
1. Shri A.H. Lokhande, Jabalpur has sought the action taken report
under RTI (copies enclosed in Annexure III (A) & III(B). But both
CPIO & appellate authority vide letter No. 20/2/2012-Estt(Pay-1)
dated 29Aug 2012 & letter No 20/2/2012-Estt(Pay-1) dated 23rd Oct
2012 respectively have confirmed that the said letter has not received
at DoPT and as such no action taken report can be given(copies enclosed
in Annexure IV(A) & IV (B).
2. Subsequently, the undersigned has obtained a copy of the
acknowledgement in confirmation of the receipt of my letter dated
16/04/2010 at DoPT from the PM’s Office. In the light of the said
acknowledgement, a letter seeking the copy of the action taken
report/Noting drafting under RTI was sent to the CPIO DoPT vide letter
dated 09/03/13 (Copy enclosed in Annexure V (A)-V(E).
3. On 25th April 2013 I have received a letter from CS Section of DoPT
(Annexure VI), which has not given the pointed reply I sought, and as
such the same was not convincing. And accordingly an appeal was sent to
the appellate authority under RTI act vide letter dated 29/04/2013 for
which I have received a letter vide letter No. 20/1/2013-CS-II (B) dated
21st May 2013.(enclosed in Annexure VII (A) & VII(B) wherein it
was informed that “CS-II Division deals only with the LDCs & UDCs of
the Central Secretariat Service and as such no records available CS-II
Division, there is no proposal to upgrade the grade pay of the LDC &
UDC of CSCS Cadre. The application of Shri A.H. Lokhande has not been
received in this Division”. Accordingly an order for the disposal of the
appeal has been passed.
From the above it is clear that the letter received in the DoPT from the
PM’s office has not taken in the records of DoPT where it appears to
have been misplaced which led CPIO and appellate authorities to state
that no such letter is received at DoPT from the PM’s Office. In this
respect, even after submitting/providing the proof the acknowledgement
of the said letter (obtained from the PM’s Office), DoPT has not
bothered to change their version. Moreover, the copies of the
applications submitted by Shri A.H. Lokhande have been supplied and even
after CS-II division has not changed their version of not receiving any
letter from Shri A.H. Lokhande.
Above all, both Shri A.H. Lokhande and myself have sought information
regarding the action taken report/noting/drafting in disposal of the
letter forwarded to the Secretary, DoPT by the PM’s office vide letter
No. 4/3/2010-PMP4/158890 dated 18/05/2010. In reply, the CPIOs and
Appellate authorities (pay Division & CS-II Division) have been
informing us that the said letter is not received in their section and
as such no action is taken.
Sir, the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers,
All India Railway men’s Federation, National Federation of India Railway
men, the Defense Employees Federation and various other Central
Government Employees’ Organizations have been writing to the Government
to consider the upgradation of the grade pay of the LDC & UDC.
Besides, the issue has been put up in the National JCM but the matter
could not be discussed as the meeting of the National JCM meeting has
not been called so far. Moreover, this item has been placed in the
National Anomaly Committee (NAC) but the same has not been taken up for
discussion in the NAC so far. It is also bring to your kind notice that
all the websites related to the Central Government Employees have
actively been discussing the issue as genuine.
Sir, the upgradation of the grade pay of LDC & UDCs is a genuine
issue. Cases of all cadres baring the LDC & UDC were considered and
favorable decision was taken by the 6th CPC. Similarly, the LDC and the
UDC are also deserving higher grade pays than the present one, to
commensurate with the qualifications and assignments attached to these
posts after the implementation of the recommendations of the 6th Pay
Commission.
In view of the above, we seek your kind intervention to get a favourable decision in this regard.
Encl: As above
Yours faithfully
(TKR Pillai)
General Secretary
